Dress marker



United States Patent DRESS MARKER Stanley Weintraub, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 8, 1952, Serial No. 319,528

4 Claims. (Cl. 33-10) This invention relates to skirt markers, and more particularly to a device by which a womans skirt can be readily and easily marked at the proper height from the floor to assure the correct placement of the skirt hem.

It is an object of the invention to provide a smoothlyoperating device of this character by which the proper hem line will be indicated; which will be adjustable to suit various skirt lengths and by which the skirt lengths can be selected and indicated on the skirt with a minimum of effort on the part of the user.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a base over which a supporting platform is posi tioned, and upon which the skirt-wearer stands preparatory to the marking operation; the device having an extensible frame carrying a rotatable vertical post on which a vertically-adjustable marking head is carried and from which powdered marking material is ejected against the skirt at the proper height from the fioor as the frame and marking head carried thereby is manually moved in a circular path around the platform and around the person standing thereon.

With these objects, and other objects to be hereinafter set forth, in view, I have devised the arrangement of parts to be described and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown, Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a skirt marker constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through the marking head and associated parts; I

Fig. 6 is a view of the marking head and associated parts, looking at the same from the left of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through the supporting means for the marker post.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the base member of the marking device, the same being in the form of a circular disk adapted to rest firmly upon the fioor or other support. Located a short distance above the base member 1 is a platform 2, also of disk shape, and preferably of smaller diameter than the base disk 1, and of a size to permit a person to stand upon it. The two disks 1 and 2 are maintained in fixed and spaced relationship by means of a post 3 provided at the top with a flange 5 secured to the under side of the platform 2. A similar flange 4, at the lower end of the post 3 is secured to the base 1 by the screws 8 or by similar fastening elements. The arrangement just described serves to maintain the two disks 1 and 2 in spaced, stationary, nonrotative relation. Each of the disks can be reinforced by a molding 44a extending around it.

Fitted around the post 3 is a ball-bearing 6 (Fig. 4),

2,728,987 Patented Jan. 3, 1956 having its outer race or ring 7 secured to a pair of spaced, parallel bars indicated respectively at 9 and 10. These bars 9 and 10 are connected by a cross member 11 and form a frame attached to and rotative with the outer race 7 of the bearing 6. Through this arrangement it will be apparent that the frame just described is smoothly rotative around the post 3. Secured to the bar 9 by the bolts 13, is a channel-shaped track 12, and similarly secured to the bar 10 by the bolts 15, is a channel-shaped track 14. Longitudinally slidable within the track 14 is a channel-shaped strip or rail 16. Ball bearings 18 are interposed between the strip or rail 16 and the track 14, said ball bearings being held by a retainer 19 as clearly shown in Fig. 3. This arrangement is such that the strip 16 is smoothly slidable within the guide track 14. Means may be provided for limiting the extent of outward sliding movement of the strip 16.

The strip shown at 17 is similar to that shown at 16, said strip 17 being slidable within the guide track 12 in the manner explained in respect to the strip 16. The two strips 16 and 17 are connected adjacent to their outer ends by across-member or platform 20 which has its side flanges 21 secured by the bolts or screws 22 to the respective strips 16 and 17.

Located on and secured to the top of the platform 20, as by the screws 44, is a conical housing 23 through which rotatively extends a threaded bolt 24. Said bolt 24 passes through a boss 45 integrally formed on the platform 21 and is rotative in said boss. To insure smooth rotative movement of the bolt 24 within the boss 45 and Within the housing 23, a ball bearing 46 is arranged between the head 47 of the bolt 24 and the boss 45. A similar ball bearing 48 is located between the top end of the boss 45 and the lock nuts 49 and 50 threaded on the bolt 24. The nuts 25 and 26, located on the threaded end of the bolt 24 on the outside of the housing 23, enable the post 28 to be firmly located on the bolt 24, with the post 28 extending vertically upwardly therefrom. When the bolt 24 is rotated in a manner to be explained, it will be apparent that the vertical post 28 will rotate with the same. The ball bearings 46 and 48 insure free rotation of the bolt 24.

The post 28 is hexagonal in cross section, although it might be made in some other preferably non-round crosssectional shape, and is provided on one of its faces with calibrations indicating skirt heights, as shown in Fig, 6. Slidably mounted on the post 28, and adapted for positioning at any selected point thereon, is a marking head indicated at 29. The marking head 29 is provided with an opening 38 extending through it and the post 28 passes through said opening. A friction-imposing spring member 31 extends through the opening 30, and a set screw 32 is operative against the spring 31 to urge it against the post 28 and thus hold the marking head 29 in any set position as fixed by the operator along the length of the post.

Secured to the marking head 29 by being threadably engaged with the same, is a bottle or other receptacle 33 which contains a suitable powdered marking material such as powdered chalk 34. A gasket 39 is interposed between the bottle and the head 29. Said receptacle 33 is in communication at the top with the hollow interior 35 of the marking head 29. At its forward end the marking head 29 is formed with a slot-like opening 36 leading from the hollow interior 35 of the marking head, which opening 36 constitutes a nozzle or jet through which the marking material 34 is ejected in a stream against the skirt of a person standing upon the platform 2, to thereby mark the skirt at a desired distance from the top of the platform 2 according to the location of the marking head along the height of the post 28.

An air tube 37 passes through the marking head 29 and compressible bulb 42 is secured to the upper end or" the upper section 40 of the air tube.

From the foregoing, the operation of the improved skirt marker will be readily understood. The person wearing the skirt to be shortened stands upon the. platform 2 and the operator raises or lowers the marking head 29 to the required height according to the scale appearing on the post 28. The marking head is then fixed at the desired height by tightening of the set screw 32. During the raising or lowering adjustment of the marking head 29, the: lower section 37 of the air tube may telescopically move within the upper section 40. When the marking head is set at the proper position, the frame on which the marking device is carried, and consisting of the bars 9 and 10, tracks 12 and 14, strips 16 and 17 and the platform 20'carried by the latter strips, is rotated around the person standing on the platform 2. Whilethe marking device is thus smoothly moved in a circle around the platform 2, by the operator holding the handle 41 and walking around the platform 2, the bulb 42 is repeatedly squeezed and this results inthe ejection of the marking material 34 out of the slot-like opening 36 in the marking head to cause the same to be directed against the skirt of the wearer on the platform 2 to thus produce a line around the skirt and indicate the height at which the skirt'is to be shortened; As the marking device is moved ina circular patharound the person on the platform, the post 28 and parts carried thereby may be rotatively moved by use of the handle 41 to insure the marking material being directed properly against the skirt.

Having described one embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is:

1. A skirt marker having a disk-shaped base, a platform located above the base, a post extending between the base and platform, a ball-bearing encircling the post, a pair of parallel tracks secured to the outer race of the bearing, rails telescopically mounted in the tracks, a vertical post carried at the outer ends of the rails, a marker head vertically adjustable on said vertical post, and means by which said marker head is caused to eject marking material while the vertical post is moved in a circular path around the platform.

2. A skirt marker having a disk-shaped base, a simifit larly shaped platform located above the base, a post extending between and connecting the base and platform, a ball-bearing encircling the post at a point between the base and platform, a pair of channel-shaped tracks secured to the outer race of the bearing, rails telescopically mounted within the tracks, a cross member connecting the rails, a vertical post secured to and arising from the cross member, a marker head slidably adjustable on the vertical post, said head having a hollow interior and having an outlet opening directed toward the platform, a receptacle containing a powdered marking material attached to the marker head and communicating with, the hollow interior of the same, an air tube supported by the marker head and communicating at one end with the receptacle, and an air bulb attached to the opposite end of the air tube.

3. A skirt marker having a base, a platform situated above the base, a post located between the base and platform and maintaining said base and platform in. spaced I relationship, a frame surrounding the post and rotative above the same, said frame including slidable elements movable toward and away from the post, a vertical post supported by said slidable elements and movable by the same toward or away from the platform, a marker head slidably adjustable on the vertical post, said marker head carrying a receptacle containing a powdered marking material, the marker head having an outlet opening in communication with the receptacle, an air tube having an end entering the marker head and projecting into the receptacle, said air tube extending vertically upward and substantially parallel to the vertical post, an arm mounted at the top of the vertical post, the air tube extending through said arm, and a compressible bulb secured to the top of the air tube above the arm.

4. in a skirt marker as provided for in claim 3, wherein the air tube is composed of two telescoping sections, whereby said sections are telescopically adjustable during slidable movement of the marker head on the vertical post.

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